Wearing a red No. 10 Nationals jersey and her Miss Iowa USA sash, beauty queen Katherine Connors, throwing from in front of the mound, tossed her pitch high and outside to Batista. Batista set off an amusing back-and-for...

Wearing a red No. 10 Nationals jersey and her Miss Iowa USA sash, beauty queen Katherine Connors, throwing from in front of the mound, tossed her pitch high and outside to Batista. Batista set off an amusing back-and-forth between him and Connors on Tuesday when he compared himself to Miss Iowa and Stephen Strasburg to Miss Universe after starting in place of the injured phenom. I know I can throw a pitch or two, the question is, can Miguel Batista walk the runway in a swimsuit? Connors fired back after Batistas comment made national headlines. People started booing me, and they hadnt seen me throw a pitch yet, Batista said. Its like you hear Miss Iowa, and you say, Iowa? And then you see her up close and you say, Wow, shes gorgeous.

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